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Brush.

'Patented July 20, 1880.;

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PATENT OFFICE.

HUBBAED HENDEIoKsoN, 0E NEW YORK, N. Y.

BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 230,277, dated July 20, 1880,

Application lcd vAugust 13, 1879. I

tined forms an excellent and durable confn-- ing means. It is important to confine the bristles not only laterally but endwise, so as to prevent the whole or any part ot' the b ristles Jfrom being forced by an end pressure. backward or toward the hand of' the operator. When sheet metal is employed it should be formed or bent inward, so as to protect., cover, and confine the upper ends ofthe bristles. y This has been before accomplished, and my invention relates to an improvement upon the formation ot' this part, at'tording a construction which combines unusual strength and durability with great facility of maimf'acture and application.

1n the accompanying` drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a side elevation; Fig. 2, an end section, and Figs. 3, 4, and 5 detail views.

Rei'erng to the drawings, A designates the handle, formed with a wedge-shaped end, A', and with a groove, a.

B represents the bristlesor other brush material, and C an ordinary band, ot' leather, secured by nails ll in the ordinary manner.

D D' represent my peculiar metallic fastening part or ferrule. Itis cut from iiat sheet metal in the form ot' a strip, of form to allow f'or the bevel ot' the sides, and Otproper length to be tightened around the outside ot' the leather C, with a little lap of' a width equal to the depth required (marked D) plus the inward extension, D', which covers the butts ot' the bristles and takes hold in the groove a in the handle.

The part D' is bent at about a right angle to the part'D, and is slitted, as indicated at d, to facilitate the bending process, each division overlapping the edge of an adjoining part. The slittingof this part D' and having the edge engage in the slot or groove a in the handle are important features in my invention.

Near one end of the part D a short crossslot, d', is punched or otherwise produced, as.

together.

In applying the invention to round brushes the entire part D' should be slittled uniformly. ln applying it to fiat brushes` the slits are required only at the. bent portions at the two curved ends of the brush.

Various modilications maybe made Without departing from the principle or sacrilicing the advantages ot' my invention, the essential features ot' which are the slitted piece l) D' d, having the locking devices d' d2 and the groove a in the handle.

1 am aware of the device patented to F. Sprower, No. 211,431, of January I4, l879, in which two metal pieces are formed, each with a flange, adapted to serve together as a t'errnle, and theilanges to bear against the handle 'when turned down.

I am also aware that it is not broadly new to employ a single piece ot' metal to serve both as an upper plate and inclosing sides; but such is not slitted, not locking with itself, norlocking with the handle. The advantages ot' my construction-in these respects are obvious.

Wha-t I claim is The brush herein described, having the metal part D D'formed in one piece, slitted at d, and locked by slot d' and tongue d2, in combination with the handle A A', grooved at a, as herein specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 12th day ot' August, 1879, in the presence ot' two subscribing witnesses.

HUBBARD HENDRIOKSON.

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